I'm back!

Hi everyone! Here is the bonus chapter that I promised. I hope you enjoy it.
If anyone wonders why it took such time to get this out, (I didn't even think it would take this long) It's because I'm incapable of writing two stories at once. It had surprisingly little do to with the fact that my university courses started again although, I suppose they have some part of it. This also means that I'm working on a new story WOO! Another Fairy Tail fan fiction. It takes a bit of a darker turn and I'll share it when I know that I'll be able to get the whole thing out as I did with the main story of dancing with the dragon.
In the meantime, thank you all for reading, for favoring, for following. Thanks for all of the feedback, I hope you've enjoyed reading it.

Now! Bonus Chapter!

Oh! And it's Natsu's point of view!

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Saturday – Master Dragneel

"Lucy!" Natsu yelled and yanked the blanket off the arm of the sofa. "Where's the lube?" He flopped the blanket on the floor and stuck his hands in the cracks between the cushions and groped around. Nope, not there either. He stood back up.

"What do you need the lube for?" Lucy yelled from her room where she had been getting dressed. Just the thought of her putting that short skirt of hers over her jucie hips reinforced his want to find that godforsaken lube. He drew his hands through his pink hair and sighed. He'd already searched the bathroom and it wasn't there. He growled and stepped into Lucy's room. She had just pulled her top over her head and was smoothing it down over her waist. Damn, where was the lube when he needed it.

Lucy turned to him, her hands in her hair pulling it off her shoulders into a bun. Their eyes met for a moment before her breath hitched and her eyes roamed over his shirtless body. A smirk spread over Natsu's lips. He loved the way she looked at him, how her body simply reacted to his, probably without her even knowing half the time. She wore a black skirt, white stockings covered her legs to her mid thigh leaving a delicious sliver of skin exposed just under her skirt. At the sight of it Natsu gulped hard and forced his legs into tight knots of muscle. The rest of her was no less remarkable. Although she wore a simple top, it still made him want to plunge his face into her cleavage and let it cradle him for eternity. With her hair off her shoulders her neck was left exposed and with it his hickey of pride planted over her steadily beating pulse.

When Natsu met her eyes again he saw that her hands were placed on her hips in defiance and his smirk that had rested on his lips widened.

"What do you need the lube for? You have a fight in two hours." She said with a smile and Natsu saw her eyes glide over his chest again. He walked close to her slowly and grinned when she shivered. His eyes must look dangerous like he knew they did when he was turned on. Lucy backed up and soon the wall at the end of the room blocked her path. Natsu followed her and at the wall he placed either arm on the side of her head. Lucy bit her lip, a gesture that Natsu absolutely loved. She looked at his lips and Natsu leaned in close, his breath would be on her lips, something he knew would drive her crazy. Immediately her eyes fluttered and her breath hitched.

"I still can't get the way you looked last night out of my head." Natsu said, closed his eyes and licked his lips. Last night Lucy had dressed up in sexy pink lingerie. She had ridden Natsu as though there was no tomorrow and oh, she had felt so good, and that lingerie looked perfect on the floor. A grin spread over Natsu face again as he felt pants tighten as his member hardened. "I want you so bad." Lucy was the sexiest woman he had ever seen and if he couldn't have her now, he was afraid he might screw up the fight, badly, with a boner. He noticed how his pants were getting increasingly uncomfortable.

A chill ran up Natsu's spine when he felt Lucy's cool hand on his cheek. When he opened his eyes again he saw that Lucy was smiling. Her smile made her lips look like strawberry pudding and it made him so hungry he wanted to devour them. He met her eyes again and his breath hitched. There was mischief in her eyes and when she leaned in close with her hand on his shoulder, her chest pushed against his. He wanted her so badly.

"I'm not wearing any underwear." She whispered in Natsu's ear and he felt his control waver like a light trying to break through fog. He clutched at it like holding onto a rope of sanity. She licked his earlobe and Natsu balled his hands into fists. He needed just to hold on and he might just get out of those incredibly uncomfortable pants. Lucy slipped his earlobe into her sweet hot mouth and sucked on it. A groan escaped Natsu's lips and he pushed Lucy further into the wall. She let out a breath that brushed his ear and that sent a shiver down his spine.

"I'm also pretty sure you won't need the lube." She whispered. Natsu groaned and buried his face in her neck, kissed and sucked at her tender skin. Another mark would own her neck just under her ear.

Lucy took one of his hands in hers. It made him shiver. Her softness was almost unbelievable. Slowly Lucy guided Natsu's hand down her body and made sure to brush her breast, the curve of her waist and hips until she guided his hand under her skirt. There his fingers moved on his own and he could feel that they indeed wouldn't need the lube, she was already drenched, dripping, soaking wet. All of it for him. Lucy breathed a soft moan in his ear that he responded to with a groan of his own.

Lucy grabbed the hem of his boxers and tugged but it only resulted in his hips moving into her, pushing his hand harder against her. Lucy gasped and tugged at his pants again. There was no use. Those were his fighting pants, they had to able to resist a bit of tugging or he would end up pant-less half way through the fight. When Lucy tugged a third time Natsu slipped a finger inside her and he pushed as far in as he could reach. Lucy moaned and Natsu groaned at the warm wet feeling that surrounded his finger. He wanted more of it.

When Lucy tugged at his shorts again Natsu pulled his other hand from the wall and undid the button that held the shorts so tightly to his hips. They fell free along with his boxers and immediately Lucy grabbed Natsu's erect, hot, longing member and pulled him closer. Natsu followed willingly, wanting nothing more than to feel her insides even more intensely. As she pulled Natsu trailed kissed up the side of her neck, making her let out soft moans for every breath she took. The sound of her drove him crazy. When he finally found her lips she moaned into them and she pushed his hand away from under her so she could position his member at her entrance instead.

She even tasted of strawberries and a bit of vanilla. Natsu groaned, he could have her lips locked to her for eternity and never crave another taste again.

Lucy wrapped a leg around his hips and Natsu grabbed the other and threw it over his shoulder - a position they had found not too long ago that always worked wonders for both of them. The tip of Natsu's member hovered over Lucy's entrance. Her juices spilled out over him, coating him in her sweet aroma. He could feel her pushing with her leg at his hip, urging him to move inside her but he held still, savouring the feeling of her longing heat, of her inner muscles trying to pull him inside.

"Damn it Natsu! Fuck me already." Lucy moaned. "Please." His legs nearly buckled, he crushed his lips to hers and pushed her harder against the wall.

God she felt so good. Lucy moaned as he pushed inside her and her walls were tight against his member. Lucy snaked her arm around his head and pulled it down to meet her chest. He buried his face in her cleavage while pushed himself deep in her where he knew he would hit all the stops that she particularly liked.

Lucy moaned loud as he settled deep inside her and pulled at his hair. How he loved hearing those sounds of her ecstasy. He could fuck her all the time only to hear those moans, those gasps when he grabbed her wrists and punched the wall. He knew by now that she wouldn't be hurt by it. He loved everything about her; those cries of absolute pleasure when he pumped inside her, rubbing her clit the way she liked it, kissing her neck, devouring her lips, leaving them swollen and yearning for more. He loved how her hair tangled as she writhed against the wall and how her eyes rolled back into her skull when she came and clamped down on his member making it all feel even more exquisite. How her lips let out the most delicious sounds of her release. He loved how her pleasure made him feel so good.

By the way Natsu thrust inside Lucy it was going to be a quickie. He wouldn't have minded if they'd kept at it for another hour or two, but prof. Clive would surely come and drag him ass out of there if he didn't show up at the judges in a little while. Natsu barely even cared when.

When Natsu felt himself spill everything he had into Lucy he pushed deep inside her and pulled her off the wall to lay her down her bed. She clamped hard around him to hold him in and it made him groan. Lucy kissed the top of his head which made Natsu smile and hold her close to him. Her breath was still hitched and he could feel it on his forehead as he carried her, with her legs strung around his hips. He carried her to the bed, lay her down and leaned in to kiss her. Lucy held his head close to hers as he kissed her. He loved her lips, they were so soft and comforting, sweet and enveloping and they tasted so damn good. Those lips could spew the sexiest profanity that Natsu had ever heard and they could speak soft words of tender love that made his heart sing.

"You know we can hear you, right?" It was Lisanna speaking from her room next to Lucy's. Lucy stiffened and blushed. She was so cute when she blushed. Natsu grinned and leaned down to kiss her nose.

"And we heard all of you and Lyon this morning. Consider it payback." Natsu said loudly and grabbed some paper. Lucy slapped his stomach with a pout and Natsu grinned and handed her some paper too, she didn't really manage to keep the pout in place but laughed silently. There was a glint of mischief in Lucy's eyes and Natsu had to grin wider. He leaned down to kiss her again and Lucy, biting her lip, clenched her inside walls around Natsu's member which hadn't lost its erection completely. The feel of her holding onto him like that almost made him hard all over again. God he wanted to fuck her senseless. He leaned in close.

"We don't have time." Natsu said and saw the shiver run through Lucy. She clenched her inner walls again biting her lower lip and Natsu groaned.

"I can still hear you." Lisanna yelled.

"Oh shut it." Natsu groaned and pulled out of Lucy. She groaned too and pushed the wad of paper against her lady parts. Natsu stood, dried off and fished up his shorts and underwear. He searched for a moment for Lucy's panties too until he remembered that she hadn't worn any. The thought of it almost made him hard all over again... again. He shook himself and rubbed his face hard with his knuckles.

When he felt Lucy's hand on his shoulder he looked at her and she smiled. Her hands were at her hips pulling up her underwear. When she stilled he looked into her dark brown eyes. He could lose himself in them. Then she leaned in and kissed his cheek with her hand on the other side of his face. His eyes closed while her lips were on him. He couldn't help it. He loved the feel of her close to him. When she moved away he felt almost empty. He wanted to step in and envelop her in his arms and keep her there forever. There he knew she would be safe and warm and close to him. The sight of her new hickey made him smile though and his smile hid a tinge of pride. Lucy was his and he was hers. He wouldn't have it any other way.

"Come on." Lucy said and took him by the hand. "You've got a competition to get to."

Oh, right, the competition. Who was it against again? Did it matter? Not really. He'd kick their ass either way.

Lucy led him out of her room to the living room where Lisanna sat in Lyon's lap and played with his hair. Lyon had his hand on Lisanna's hip. Natsu smiled and put his arm around Lucy's shoulder and pulled her close. Things had turned out alright and he was happy. Lisanna seemed to be happy with Lyon and they had been together for nearly as long as he and Lucy. That was good. It could have gotten strange if Lisanna hadn't gotten with Lyon and moved on. Then again, maybe it would have been fine, Natsu though. The relationship he had with Lisanna now a days was more closely related to what she had with her siblings than anything else. And now that Sting was completely out of the picture he didn't feel the past nagging at him either. He was happy and the people around him seemed happy too, that alone made him even happier.

"You've hung out too much with Gray, Natsu. Put on some clothes." Lisanna said but he saw her wink at Lucy. Natsu scowled at Lisanna but inwardly grinned. He knew that look well, the two girls had planned something and that something had something to do with him.

Damn that thought was too close to the sex he'd just had. Damn, I'm such a pervert, he thought. Don't you dare think of a threesome with Lucy and Lisanna. Not even a little! He screamed at himself. That was not something he wanted to get a boner to. Lisanna was not going to get him into bed again and he didn't need anyone else to satisfy his crotchly needs. Not that he never wondered what it would be like to have two girl all over him begging their turn… His crotch twitched and he locked his legs tight. Damn it brain! These people knew what the locked legs meant, it couldn't hide his boner as well as he used to. Damn, damn, damn, damn. Think of the fight, he told himself. Who was he fighting again? He had a match coming up against this dude Cobra whose slogan was 'I can hear you move' Lame. The fight with Rogue had gone well even if it left him with a throbbing lip for two weeks.

Then Natsu stiffened, his legs slackened, the boner he'd tried to hide fell as if he'd gotten a kick in the balls. His face drained of colour and he shook, just a tiny bit.

Today wasn't just a fight where he'd win and keep going undefeated. Today was the day he potentially became a master, MMA fighter, officially.

Erza had done the 'exam' last year, just after the Winter Festival before New Years after which she left school to study sword art with some old dude in some far off country. She had fought Gildarts and won her masters title and that was the very thing Natsu was attempting this day – to win his masters title. The fight he had in less than two hours was against prof. Clive himself.

How could he have forgotten? Well, that wasn't all that strange, he rarely cared who he fought only that he got to fight. How could he have forgotten about fighting Gildarts, was beyond him.

Lisanna grinned and it pulled Natsu out of his thoughts again.

"Welcome back to reality pervert." She said and Lucy giggled. Natsu rolled his eyes. No, the sex wasn't the reason he'd forgotten about Clive. It was probably part of the reason, but not all of it. Natsu scowled. He wanted to cross his arms but Lucy was in the way. She pressed against him and he shivered again. He growled.

"It's not my fault my girlfriend it incredibly sexy." Lisanna raised her eyebrows. "You were the one who set us up." Lucy laughed, Lyon raised his eyebrows in half a cringe.

"I did not. You two slept together all on your own." Lisanna said.

"We kinda did, Natsu." Lucy said next to him. Natsu felt her breath brush his arm followed by a soft kiss.

"I heard you though. That first Friday. You said you'd set us up." Natsu said and Lisanna frowned.

"I did?" Natsu nodded and pulled his arm from around Lucy to cross his arms over his chest. Lucy put her hand on his arm. His skin tingled where she touched him.

"She didn't though. She was drunk and blacked out way before you and I even danced." Lucy said. Natsu shrugged. Then he grinned and wrapped his arm around Lucy again. Her other arm came snaking around his waist and she hugged him right.

"You should be getting to your competition though." Lucy said and tapped him on the chest. Natsu gulped and felt his grin stiffen and falter. Right, his competition to become a master, against Gildarts. Holy shit, a violent shiver ran through him. Lucy squeezed his middle again and Natsu felt himself become steadier at her touch. He looked down at her and she smiled.

"You can do this." She said in a slow and soft voice and squeezed his middle again. Natsu gulped and nodded and felt excitement course through him. His heart fluttered and he knew his eyes shimmered in a way that always excited Lucy. It only made him grin even wider.

"Let's do this. I'm all fired up." He said and his voice came out huskily. Next to him Lucy shivered and took a deep breath and her chest pushed into his side. Grinning Natsu licked his lips. When he was done he would have all of what Lucy had to give him.

They left Lucy and Lisanna's apartment and headed for the competition halls. The night-lady scowled at them. He wasn't supposed to be in the girl's dormitory but he had snuck into Lucy's apartment regularly and never bothered to sneak back out again. The night-lady could stop him from coming inside at night but there was nothing she could do from him parading himself on the way out.

Prof. Clive was notified once but when he'd confronted Natsu about it, he'd simply put his hand on Natsu shoulder, grinned and said "you learned my lessons well." That was a few months ago and Natsu still had no idea what lesson Clive had been talking about. The Night-lady still glared but she hadn't tried to get a teacher to tell him that he had no business in the girl's dorm building since then.

Campus was relatively empty still. His challenge of Gildarts was placed on a Saturday because of the raucous Principle Dreyar feared it would cause in class. Erza's move up in rank a few months before had been enough of a spectacle and people knew that she would be able to take it. Natsu on the other hand, people weren't so sure about. Sure, he was undefeated, but, as Lucy had put it, he was goofy and easy going and people were unsure if he was actually taking it seriously. Erza was hard working and determined. People would have been surprised if she'd lost. People were surprised she hadn't tried for her master's title earlier. Lisanna had put it less delicately and said that he was an idiot and people wanted to know if he'd won because of luck or if he was actually skilled at his craft. If he became an official master, people would know for sure that he was good at what he was doing.

Natsu didn't need to doubt himself of course, he knew how good he was, at the same time, he wanted just a little bit of acknowledgement. If nothing else then at least he got to fight prof. Clive for real in a non-teaching environment and that in itself was going to be a worthy experience.

In the competition hall Erza greeted them by the entrance. Since prof. Clive was going to be his opponent Natsu had asked Erza to give him some pointers and she'd taken it upon herself to be his coach. Since she'd already gotten her master's title, she knew how it was done.

"Natsu, you're late." Erza said and released her arms from under her chest. "Let's go. You still have to warm up and register with the judges." She smiled a tiny smile at Lucy and Natsu turned to her. She smiled and winked. That wink could make his knees tremble. Without hesitating he took her face in his hands and crushed his lips to hers. He kissed her desperately knowing that if things went as they usually did in a fight, he wouldn't enjoy a proper kiss of a few days. Lucy kissed him back just a vigorously as he kissed her and if it hadn't been for Erza, Lisanna and Lyon watching them, he would have considered pushing her against the wall and feel all of her against him one more time. But he pulled away, reluctantly and pulled at a strand of her hair as he stepped back. She winked at him again.

"Go beat 'im." She said and licked her lips with an excited glance at his chest. Oh, he just loved the girl. He should probably tell her so sometimes soon.

Natsu leaned in and pecked her on the nose then pulled away completely. Lyon held out his first for Natsu to bump and he punched it. Lyon didn't recoil though and grinned. Lisanna squeezed Lyon's middle and grinned at Natsu.

"You can do this." She said and nodded. Natsu nodded too and grinned. Erza grabbed him by the arm then and pulled him behind her. Natsu grinned at Lucy one more time as saw Lisanna lean in and ask, in an undertone

"Did you try the ear thing yet?" And Lucy blushed. Natsu turned and laughed. He should have know. If there was one thing he was certain of, it was that Lisanna was set on him having the hottest, sexiest and steamiest relationship there ever was. And even if that wasn't her intention, that was the result of whatever it was she did.

Only then did Natsu realize that Erza was talking.

"... Understandable but be sure to use it. You'll have to be attentive however. He may have a different technique when he fights against you." She looked at him. "did you get all of that?" She raised her eyebrows and Natsu nodded with a noncommittal grunt. He didn't dare ask her to repeat everything she'd just said. Besides he'd never been a 'having/following a plan'-sort of guy. Gildarts said he had good instincts and so far, those instincts had won him every fight he'd ever had. Who was he to suddenly throw them to the wind just because the opponent was someone way more experienced. Maybe he should ask Erza to repeat her advice... No... Her wrath would not be worth it and he didn't want to go into the fight with a black eye.

They arrived at the changing room and Erza practically pushed him inside and went through the door after him. Luckily there was no one there or they would have wondered what Erza was doing there since this was the men's changing room. Not that she would have cared and if anyone had said anything about it, she would have, with a glare, made them wish they could vanish into thin air. Natsu knew that feeling all too well, he'd been on the receiving end several times.

Jellal met them in the changing room holding a towel and a water bottle. It made Natsu realize that he'd forgotten his scarf and only when he realized he'd left it at Lucy's did he miss it. He made himself shrug it off though, the scarf would be in the way in a fight anyway.

"Come on." Erza said and tugged at Natsu's arm again. "You have to warm up."

Natsu did was he always did before a competition. He jumped rope for a few minutes, did a few sit ups, a few push-ups, and a few pull ups. Everything he needed to tell his body 'Wake up! It's time to work'. Then he stretched. Ever since he'd gotten together with Lucy he'd gotten way more flexible than he ever thought necessary. It turned out that every bit of flexibility had helped and made things oh so much easier. It was simply easier to fight against the other guy and not have to worry about if he'd be able to reach the point he needed.

As soon as Natsu was done and had rolled his shoulders Erza was there and grabbed his arm again. He stumbled as he came to his feet.

"Alright, alright, I'm coming." He said and pulled his arm out of grip. "Damn Erza, you weren't this jumpy when you were up against Gildarts." Erza scowled at him and, for a change, Natsu scowled right back at her. Normally it would have earned him a slap on the head but this time Erza simply pulled her hand away.

"Last time I was the one fighting. I'm well aware of my abilities." She said. Natsu's scowl deepened.

"I know what I can do." He said. Erza didn't answer.

They entered the large hall where Erza had fought Kagura Makasuchi and next to the "cage" that had been built there were the three judges. One woman and two men dressed in formal clothes taking a few notes. Erza and Natsu walked up to them and when they were within earshot the judges all looked up and sat their clipboards in their laps. It felt to Natsu as if he was heading for an English exam or something of the sort. In a way, Natsu supposed it was an exam, only it was testing his ability in fighting.

Natsu shook the hands of the judges and they looked sternly at him and explained how the fighting was organised, what rules were in place and who was judging what. It was pretty basic really. Prof. Clive had the right to discontinue the fight at any point in the match (Natsu scoffed at this). Prof. Clive was also allowed to continue the match after Natsu had tapped out since this fight wasn't only about winning or losing but showing off his techniques, skill, strategy and ability to adapt. Natsu scoffed at this too, as if a fight wasn't about winning.

In the end the set-up was still pretty ordinary. There would be three rounds, five minutes each and a minutes' rest between the rounds. After every round the judges would write down points. No head butting, eye gouging, fishhooking, bla, bla, bla… the usual. Then Natsu shook the judges hands again and retreated back into the changing room to meditate, keep warm and prepare himself mentally. At least, that was what Erza ordered him to do. And Natsu did mentally prepare himself but he didn't do so by meditating. Instead he walked back and forth, rotating his shoulders to keep them loose.

As time went by Natsu heard the hall outside slowly filling up and the chatter of excited people reached him even in his focused mind. The noise excited him. It sent his heart beating and a grin spread on his face. It made him slap his fist into his hand and chant 'I'm ready, I can do this' to himself. He tried to tell himself that it was just an ordinary fight against an ordinary opponent and he would win as always. He knew all his techniques, Gildarts had taught him well and he was ready, he could do it. Despite his rant though, he couldn't help but be just a little unsettled.

A gong in the competition hall told him it was time to leave the confinement of the changing room and Erza came to escort him.

The crowd roared wildly and the noise filled him with even more excitement. The ring in his ears, the glow of his eyes when he saw the rink and the judges and the referee. They all looked unphased by his expression. His wild grin earned him another round of cheers from the crowd and when he thrust his fist in the air the noise was intoxicating and deafening. He could do this, he was so very ready.

With steady steps Natsu climbed into the rink and looked around shortly. The competition hall was packed with students and a few people in suits who looked very out of place among all the athletes. There was Gray with Juvia on his arm. They had recently become an official couple, much to Juvia's delight. Since they'd gotten together Gray had become even better at Ice-running although he claims it's because of a lot of training. Gajeel and Levy were next to them, standing close as always. Next to them was a large plaque spouting the words "Master Dragneel." over the rim was Lisanna's grinning face and Lyon's cool expression. Next to him stood Lucy, smiling, her blond hair in pigtails and around her neck, his most precious belonging, his scarf.

When Lucy looked away Natsu did too and turned in the direction that the whole crowd was turning its attention to. Prof. Clive made his way towards the rink with determined steps. His wore a soft smile and a glint was in his eye that Natsu immediately recognised as anticipation for a fight. He was sure his eyes too glinted in that exact way.

Prof. Clive grinned at Natsu and Natsu grinned back and watched as Gildarts deliberately took off his coat and with a very stylish flourish cast it to the side. The cheers were deafening again but Natsu didn't care in the slightest where the coat had gone.

Impatiently Natsu listened to the referee, a plain man who had to be stronger than he looked – he didn't look strong at all, as he went through the rules again.

"There will be no eye gouging, no fishhooking, no finger manipulation (bla bla bla)" Could they get on with the fight already? He'd heard it for most of his life. He knew how to fight and he knew how to fight clean. He was not one to cheat and not one to play foul.

"Prof. Clive has the ultimate verdict on whether or not Natsu wins. If all three rounds are fought without interruptions the judges will still give their points deciding the winner." Yes, yes, yes he knew this already too. Let him fight! His heart hardly ever hammered this hard. He was excited, he was burning to get the fight started, he was all fired up.

Finally the referee stopped talking and shook their hands; first prof. Clive, then Natsu. If Natsu wasn't completely mistaken, the referee looked a bit worried. Natsu grinned, if things went the way he wanted them to, there would be no need to worry.

Natsu ignored the referee when he briefly turned to the judges. He'd seen it enough times to know that he was giving them a signal to start paying proper attention. Natsu grinned at Gildarts who looked perfectly calm except for that excited shimmering in his eye. He looked like a proper warrior and Natsu was going to win!

"Fighters! Greet each other!" The referee suddenly shouted. Today was the day he finally proved how good he was. He and Gildarts simultaneously reached out their fists, the ones furthest from the referee and bumped them together. The crowd roared as did Natsu's insides.

"Let's do this." Natsu said and when their knuckles no longer touched another loud gong signalled the beginning of the first five minute round.

Natsu didn't even hesitate. He didn't even flinch or wait to see what Gildarts might do, he simply threw himself at him, fist at his jaw ready to strike. It was glorious as if all of his wildest dreams had finally come true. He was fighting the legend himself!

Natsu's fist flew to Gildarts' side but was blocked and a fist came flying straight at his face. He noticed immediately that he was going to have to up his reaction time. Gildarts might be old, but he was fast. Natsu was only just able to duck away but if grazed his ear and Gildarts slapped it. Natsu sidestepped and caught Gildarts open at his other side, his outstretched arm still at Natsu's ear. Natsu punched and made contact, his second punch hit the same place. Gildarts was unconcerned which didn't surprise Natsu in the slightest. What did surprise him was the sudden appearance of Gildarts' fist at Natsu's lip. There went a week's worth of kissing. Natsu ducked out of the way of a second attack and rammed his shoulder into Gildarts' middle. He kneed his leg and heard Gildarts groan. If the man wasn't so damn big he would have picked him up and thrown him on the mat. As this wasn't an equal fight size wise that wasn't going to happen. This was an exam, Gildarts was the examiner and Natsu was going to win.

With all his might Natsu shoved his shoulder into Gildarts' stomach and with an arm pulled at his leg. He didn't expect it to work, both he and Gildarts knew it. And Natsu knew he would receive a kick to the side if he didn't get Gildarts to the floor or got separated by the referee. He had to do something. So he went with his instincts.

Natsu punched Gildarts' side, he didn't get that much force into it but it was enough. With the punch to the side Gildarts shifted, bringing his weight onto his right back leg so he would kick with his left. The one Natsu had kicked before. Natsu could block and grab the leg and leg-lock him, that was his plan.

Only Gildarts didn't kick with his left leg. The moment Natsu stepped away he saw the shift in Gildarts' stance as he leaned forward and brought his leg around to kick. Natsu blocked sloppily. His surprise had caught him off guard. The kick caught him in the shoulder and his upper body lurched sideways.

Ouch. That hurt. And worse yet, it lost him some of his balance. Quickly he moved away, regaining what he had lost and finally feeling the sting in his lip. As soon as Natsu had gotten his balance he moved forward again determined to get in another punch before the five minutes were up.

What happened instead was rather low on Natsu's list of thing he expected in the first round. Gildarts managed to catch Natsu's arm as it came flying in full speed and practically flung him down without moving half a muscle. That much was all good and dandy, he was quite used to being thrown. What Natsu hadn't expected was that he'd be able to get a hold of Gildarts arm as he fell and pull him down with him. It was too perfect. Natsu brought up his legs to wrap them around Gildarts arm as soon as he hit the mat, ignoring the pain that shot through his back in his clumsy fall.

Of course, Gildarts was too quick for Natsu to get the lock in proper. His arm was too far away and not at all in the right angle to make the lock work. Natsu knew this and Gildarts knew this and Natsu was unable to get the lock working even when Gildarts came leaning in to punch Natsu right in the chest.

With a huff Natsu lost his breath a with a gong the end of the first round was indicated. Next followed a minute of rest.

Erza was immediately at his side.

"Didn't you hear what I told you? He doesn't like using his left leg to kick!" She hissed. Natsu growled. She had said that only he hadn't really listened.

"I had to see for myself. This is my fight Erza." Natsu said and ignored the deadly glare she shot at him. "You said you'd be my coach, don't tell me what to do." He added and the minute was over. He chugged a gulp of water and stepped forward to face Gildarts again. Again he looked completely calm and unphased. It bothered Natsu – to a point that he wanted to punch him. It was one of those condescending calm expressions that Gray always wore and that made Natsu want to punch Gildarts even more.

The gong sounded and Natsu was on the fly again. He had nothing planned this time. Gildarts had his guard up and there was no way, unless he left an opening himself, that Gildarts would easily open up for him. And Natsu rather wouldn't invite an easy punch from Gildarts. He punched hard. His lips was swelling and it smarted quick a bit. Natsu had to force himself not to draw his tongue over it. He knew it would only make it hurt more.

Gildarts was solid and unyielding. His protection was stable and flawless to a point that Natsu worried he would get a warning for not participating enough. Natsu fainted punches left and right just to coax Gildarts into a proper fight. The more Gildarts dodged, the more annoyed Natsu got, the more he worried that Gildarts didn't think he was good enough to properly fight him. And that only pissed Natsu off.

He didn't care for pretending to fight anymore. Natsu threw his punches for real and with his growing anger her strength seemed to grow too. Bruises bloomed on Gildarts forearms where Natsu's punches landed when he blocked. He could be hitting his body, Natsu thought, go all out, fight properly, if only Gildarts was so unyielding.

"Damn it!" Natsu shouted when another of his punches only connected with Gildarts' block. "Fight me already!" There was a glint in Gildarts eye and the tiniest of smiles on his lips. Then he looked away from Natsu and Natsu, despite himself, looked in the same direction.

He saw the punch flying at him before it connected with his brow. There was no way he could have avoided it, no way he could have gotten out of the way in time. When the fist connected, Natsu could only throw himself backwards to lessen the impact. There was no use though. The skin over his eye broke at once and blood gushed over his eye. There was only time to think about wiping it away though. Just as Natsu fell Gildarts came towards him, eyes intent and, by what Natsu could see, a lock in mind.

Gildarts moved towards Natsu as if in slow motion although it most definitely wasn't slow. He would have him within the stride and even if Natsu snatched his still outstretched arm, he was still falling and had no way of catching himself or evade whatever Gildarts had in mind.

His back connected with the floor and a huff of air left him. Gildarts was right above him and Natsu couldn't for the life of him figure out what Gildarts was going to do. He didn't have an arm or leg in his possession, there was no way he could put a lock on him like that. But there he was, eyes ablaze and a small grin on his lips and Natsu only wished that the gong would sound for the end of this round.

Of course it didn't, there was still a little while left.

Gildarts was on him. His left hand pulled at Natsu's right, moving it over his face. Then Natsu snapped out of his daze of confusion. This wasn't a lesson and he wasn't supposed to just lie there and be instructed in a hold. This was a fight he had to win.

Natsu kicked and caught Gildarts in the side, he groaned but grabbed Natsu's arm harder and pulled. Natsu came along off the floor as Gildarts pulled to the side getting himself on his back on the floor. That in itself was strange. This was not something Natsu had seen before, a lock from below?

But Natsu had Gildarts' arm now, he reminded himself, and that put him in power, he could do whatever he wanted.

Gildarts had his own agenda of course and when Natsu grabbed his arm even further he pulled and twisted. Natsu wasn't fazed, the act didn't unbalance him as it was supposed to.

What did unbalance him though was when Gildarts, having hit the floor, put his foot to Natsu's hips and pushed while he pulled at his arm. The push at his hip was so unexpected that Natsu actually stumbled. Gildarts took advantage of that stumble by hoisting Natsu up onto his foot while pulling at his arm and lifting him up. It was like when he'd played airplane with his dad. He had half a mind to throw out his arms and legs and imagining he had the wind in his hair. But then Gildarts flipped him sideways, pushed with his foot, pulled harder at his arm and with a hard thud, Natsu slammed to the floor. The breath was pushed out of his lungs and he gasped momentarily for air. Seconds later the gong sounded the end of the second round. Had it been another few moments Natsu would have been stuck in one of Gildarts deadly locks and he would have been done for it. The gong couldn't have come in a better time and yet Natsu wished he'd got to rest a few more seconds

He sat up. What was wrong with him?! He was Natsu, the Salamander, Dragneel, son of Igneel, boyfriend of Lucy Heartfilia and most importantly, he was the man who was fighting Gildarts Clive! He shook his head and slapped his temple with his open palm. It momentarily made him feel dizzy but then his head cleared. The referee came up to him.

"Are you alright?" He asked. It wasn't really out of concern for his well-being, more a question to whether or not he was up for the last round. Natsu got to his feet and nodded sternly. In his corner stood Erza, a mixture of worry, relief and anger on her otherwise stern face. She raised her eyebrows ever so slightly. A question. the same question the referee had asked but caring less about the match and more about his well-being. Natsu walked over to her and took the water she handed him. He drank and looked out over the audience, something he rarely did in a fight. He supposed that he looked over to one particular person in that audience. Her hands were in fists, biting on her lower lip. Lucy had worry written all over her face along with the excitement that a fight brought. Ever since they'd gotten together she'd gone to every single one of his fights and more often than not, when he and Gray were at each other's throats, she was the one to get them to stop. He loved her for it. It hurt much less to have her words bring them out of it than Erza's hard fists. Sure on occasion she kicked them but that was a cuddly quilt compared to Erza. He couldn't wait to get to fight her.

There was a shimmer in Lucy's eyes that, for some strange reason made Natsu frown. There had only even been two occasions when Natsu'd seen that look in her eyes. One was when she wrote and the other when she danced. Those two were things that she absolutely loved.

Natsu crooked his head to the side and held her gaze while he drank. Her worry disappeared and a shy smile took its place, sparkling eyes and all. She was so beautiful it made him smile too.

When the gong sounded Natsu realised that Erza had been talking and he hadn't listened again. She was going to punch him for that. He handed Erza his water bottle without looking at her

"Did you hear what I said?!" Erza called over the shouts of the crowd he didn't pay attention to. His eyes were fixated on Gildarts again. Natsu stepped away from his corner

"I didn't listen." He said and heard Erza gasp. "But I've got this. I'm all fired up now." His words really felt like they burned when they left his lips. It made him want to breathe fire. He punched the flat of his hand with his fists. He was all fired up, for real.

He remembered that first lesson in MMA he'd had with Lucy. Gildarts had wanted to teach him a lesson but he never said what kind of lesson it was. With that shimmering in Lucy's eyes directed at him, he finally understood.

Love what you do and don't let anyone be a distraction

From what he knew Gajeel had learned that lesson by being punched in the face a dussin times. He'd learned it much quicker too.

But there was nothing that could distract him. He had Gildarts in his line of sight and he, for a change, was going to enjoy himself.

He roared when he charged towards Gildarts, his arm drawn back ready to strike. An obvious move that he rarely used in a serious fight. Natsu saw Gildarts shift his stance so he could take advantage of Natsu's "Rage" and "carelessness". In the exact moment that Gildarts' body tensed to block Natsu's strike, he changed move mid-stride. Quick as the eye he ducked under Gildarts' rather weak attempt of keep up with the sudden change of direction, and ended up behind him. Seconds later Natsu had gotten two punches to Gildarts' side and before Gildarts came moving around to grab Natsu, he was gone again on the other side, kicked to Gildarts' left leg and saw him cringe.

Slowly Gildarts turned to Natsu pulling a strand of red hair out of his mouth and looked at him for a moment. Then he smiled and Natsu grinned his toothy grin that he knew Lucy would have loved.

Gildarts lunged himself at Natsu and they exchanged a few quick jabs, some of which Natsu knew would leave bruises the size of plums.

One moment it seemed to be obvious that Gildarts was going to win when he had a clear upper hand. Other times Natsu actually managed to push Gildarts a few steps back. Those times were the best for Natsu, it was a feeling he could have lived for. That rush of blood through his veins, the cold air moving in and out of his lungs, as he panted. It was glorious, he didn't want it to end. He could gladly have went on and fought Gildarts for the sake of fighting. Natsu love to fight. He loved to the core of his being.

Then he hesitated and frowned. The hesitation was a mistake of course. Gildarts used it immediately. The thought that had suddenly invaded his mind and his being was that something shared his deepest love. Or rather, someone, and that someone was looking at him with shimmering brown eyes that told him that she felt the same way about him too.

His arm was being pulled to the side when he realized that he was on the ground in Gildarts' clutches. But the joy that flushed through him at that moment was so overwhelming that he laughed out loud. He didn't care if he hurt and his arm was being twisted out of it's socket and if he didn't do anything he was going to lose.

Lucy loved him.

That was all the motivation he ever needed.

He wasn't entirely sure what he did. He moved on instinct alone and maybe all the training he'd done over the years along with it.

He hadn't hesitated long enough for Gildarts to get the full lock on Natsu and that was probably the only chance he would ever get. He broke out of the lock and used his position to grab Gildarts' leg. It was immobilized within seconds, it was this very lock that Lucy had broken in the first lesson using her remarkable flexibility. Gildarts wasn't that flexible and wouldn't be able to do that, besides, Natsu had come up with a way to prevent that move too.

The referee was at their side. Only in that moment did Natsu realize how quiet the audience had become. He wasn't surprised though – he had Gildarts, Gildarts Clive in a lock what was probably one of the strangest ones the audience had ever seen. Natsu forced himself not to laugh and held the leg tight. Gildarts was in a lock by Natsu's hands. That was a one in a lifetime thing and probably Gildarts' own life time.

Then Gildarts chuckled.

A second later Natsu was on his feet, his arm locked behind him and Gildarts' hands prevented him from so much as trying to get out. Natsu looked around confused. Then Gildarts let him go and held up his hands to Natsu when he shifted to get into the fight again.

Natsu frowned and dropped his hands. Gildarts smiled a genuine smile.

"Good job, Natsu." He said and clapped him on the shoulder. He held his eye for a moment before he turned to his corner where someone handed him a towel and a bottle of water. Natsu's frown deepened.

"What does this mean?" He asked but Gildarts only raised his hand and stepped out of the rink, the towel neatly slung over his shoulders. "Gildarts! What does this mean?!" Natsu shouted as Gildarts casually made his way to the changing room.

Not a word from the judges, not a gesture or signal. Natsu was just about to run after Gildarts to demand and answer, the audience was terribly quiet, it seemed that they didn't at all understand what was going on, just as he.

Then a pair of arms turned him around and crushed him in an iron embrace. Natsu stood there, unable to hug Erza back in either happiness or anger.

"What did he mean?" Natsu mumbled to himself.

"Idiot." Erza cuffed him over the head. Natsu glared and wrenched out of her grip.

"What?" He barked and would have challenged any glare of reprimand that she could come up with. But Erza only smiled.

"Natsu. I officially challenge you the fight of your life." She said. Natsu swallowed, the trace of a frown still on his forehead. He wasn't sure of she meant what he thought she meant of if it was something completely different. Then she grabbed Natsu's wrist, and brought it up high above his head.

"I present to you the Salamander. Master MMA Fighter. Natsu Dragneel!" Erza shouted and the crowd erupted in an eardrum destroying roar.

For a moment Natsu stood there in shock.

He'd done it.

He'd done it?

He'd done it!

A broad grin spread over his lips and he thrust his second fist in the air and found Lucy's eyes. She was pumping her fists in the air next to Juvia. Lisanna hugged Lyon tightly, Gray just shook his head and Gajeel looked rather annoyed.

He'd done it.

Natsu was a master.

If it'd been up to Natsu, he would have ended the fight as he always did, with a shower and a good party with his friends. The party was still planned but before he even got to shower or even have Lucy kiss his swollen lip, Erza dragged him off with the judges to sign forms and make his masters title official.

Gildarts came along for it too but Natsu couldn't bring himself to glare at him for leaving the fight like he did. The grin hadn't left by the time he showed up and didn't move when Erza finally told him he could leave.

He showered, feeling sore as the scalding hot water ran over his body. He wasn't really beaten up that much but it still hurt quite a bit. He'd worked his body harder than he'd done in a long time.

Natsu liked the way the steam from the water surrounded him. It made him feel as though he stood in a hot cloud and no one could see him. He was usually alone in the shower in the changing room. Others complained about his hot showers saying it made the entire place hot as a sauna. Natsu had simply gotten into the habit of staying at the rink until there was no one left in the changing room, then he could shower in peace for as long as he wanted.

Usually Natsu didn't shower for that long. But after a fight, it was one of his favourite thing to do. In a strange way he liked to feel every bruise with his hands. He always ran his hands over his body. Where he'd been punched. He like the slight tinge of pain it left. Sure, it was only a fraction of the pain he'd felt from the actual punch and that was what he liked about it. The majority of the pain was gone but the tinge of excitement was still there. It made him tingle all over.

Suddenly music turned on in the background. Natsu turned around and frowned. He recognised the song as one of Lucy's favourites. It had was the very song that she had danced to at the Winter festival, that song she had danced to that first day he watched her dance. Lucy had asked him to dance her dance with her at the festival when they'd just gotten together. Natsu had considered it for a while until he saw it a second time and realized that he could never, not in a million years , well, maybe in a million, do it justice.

Then a figure moved in the fog of the hot shower. No one was supposed to be in the changing room. Especially in this one since no one had a competition after him.

The figure came through the fog slowly and with his frown deepening further he saw that the shape of the body was too curvy to be a man which would have been less strange since this was the men's changing room.

When she'd moved close enough that he felt the need to cover himself with his hands she stopped and started to move. She was just a silhouette against the fog. She moved slowly, tantalizingly, with her hips swaying from side to side, hands glided up and down her body outlining the curve of her form.

She was quiet as she moved and the music was loud enough that he couldn't hear her feet slashing through the water. The lack of sound of her feet made her look like a ghost or better yet, and angel and he smiled in recognition. He let go of his groin and sighed as he felt his member grow and harden.

She had practised dancing in water. Her pirouette was as steady as if she'd danced in her pointe shoes. Her hair clung to her body from the steam and made the turn look even more eerie, more ghost-like and more sensual. She was the only woman who could have made him love dance. He even remembered some of the damn words. What he loved most about dancing was her though, her movements; the way she could lift her leg in such an impossible angle and hold it there by the strength of her own body. He loved how she so unashamedly exposed her heart to him when she danced.

She stepped through the fog and it billowed up around her. Her lips were slightly parted and her chest heaved for every breath she took. Her hair stuck to her shoulders but even in her complete nakedness it was her eyes that caught his attention.

Before they had been shimmering with love, now her brown eyes were practically ablaze with emotion. Love was only a part of it; there was lust and there was longing too. The furnace in her eyes made his body feel as though it was on fire and he loved the feeling.

Natsu moved to her hardly noticing that he left the steam of the water behind. He slipped his hands around her waist, shivering slightly at her soft and slick skin. She was warm but not as warm as the air around them. Her hands came to meet his chest and their foreheads rested together. He could smell the scent of her mixed with the fog. It was intoxicating. Her lips were still slightly parted and occasional the tip of her tongue slipped out between her lips wetting them as if they could be dry in the steam. The effect on Natsu was profound. He wanted to moan and kiss her all over, he wanted to run his hands over her body and feel her muscles as her hands tangled in his hair and pulled him against her. Instead he moved to the music.

Lucy's eyes closed for a second when he began to move with her and Natsu thought he heard the softest of moans escape her lips. When her eyes met his again they looked as though another log had been stacked onto the fire there. She didn't hesitate, she moved with him, responded to his moves and he set the pace. The music was perfect, slow and eerie and the lyrics was nonsensical and unimportant. All that mattered was that Lucy moved with him and that his hands were in contact with her skin. He loved the feel of her. When she moved he almost believed in magic. When they moved together, he was almost certain it existed because only magic could allow him to dance with a creature as beautiful and elegant as Lucy.

She moved so confidently in his arms. He could feel how safe she was when she danced with him. She allowed him to hold her when her feet were off the floor and she let him feel the skin of her leg when she lifted it and moved it across his body. Her eyes closed when his hands guided her arms through space and she trusted him when he pulled at her wrist to slam their bodies together.

His other hand snaked around her waist and held her body to his by the small of her back. Both of them breathing hard into each others faces and the breaths hitched with Natsu's erection slipped between Lucy's legs and moved against her core. Natsu closed his eyes for a moment and their hips moved side to side in their stand still. His right arm slowly let go of Lucy's wrist and moved down her arm. She was so warm, so slick from the steam it was like her skin didn't want to let go of him and he would have been happy to obey. His right hand moved over Lucy's shoulder and down her waist. Her hand came down and she tangled her fingers into his damp hair. Her grip was firm as if telling him that there was something she wanted but she wouldn't say it. Natsu was glad for it, he didn't want her to say anything. The music was enough and it spoke exactly what he was thinking. The feel of the music was like clenching his fist when he felt a strong emotion to not let it boil over. It felt like being able to release that fist and breathe freely again. When he was with Lucy it was as if he would never have to clench his fist ever again, even if they sometimes yelled at each other. Natsu trusted that Lucy loved him enough to always come back to him.

Natsu's hand came to rest on Lucy's ribs and his thumbs could just feel the underside of her breast. He had recently learned that she was sensitive there and when he drew his thumb over her skin she shivered.

The hand that Lucy had on Natsu's chest roamed over the contours of his body. Her touch was feather light and made him shiver, especially when her fingertips traced over his neck like soft kisses. He wanted to moan but he didn't want to mood to be interrupted by his voice, their pants were already too tantalizingly sexy.

Then Lucy moved her hips against him instead of with him side to side and Natsu felt her wetness envelope him. There was no way he could have held it in, the groan slipped out of his lips. Lucy shivered in response and pushed her body closer to him. His member only slipped deeper between her legs.

Her lips were at the base of his neck now and he felt every sharp breath and every tiny move her lips made over and over.

Natsu wanted to grab her and slap her against the wall and have his way with her just like they'd done so many times before. At least one part of him want nothing but that. The other, stronger part of him would have loved to lay her on a soft bed of clouds and made sweet sweet love to her. He wanted her to know how he felt about her.

He leaned over and brushed his lips against her neck just over the spot where he could feel her pulse the strongest. It hammered there as if she was dancing.

"Natsu." She breathed and traced her teeth against his skin. The sound of her voice was just too good. Hearing her saying his name sent a shiver down his spine and a groan escaped his lips. If those were the last words he ever heard he would still die in peace. She was about to speak more but he hurried to cover her lips with a finger.

"Sh…" He breathed and felt her shiver. "Don't speak." He was happy in this trance like state no matter how his erection wished to slip into her wet folds and made himself at home. Her lips moved against him and his member twitched. Her breath was hard on his throat. He wanted her so and he didn't want to let this feeling go. Lucy kissed his neck at the same place he'd kissed her. He shivered.

"I love you." She whispered against his skin. Natsu moaned and pulled Lucy hard against himself. She didn't mind in the slightest and pulled at him too. Natsu was just about to tell her that he felt the same way when her lips parted and she kissed his neck again.

"Make love to me Natsu." She breathed so desperately. Her chest pushed in his with every deep breath. She felt so good it made Natsu shiver. How could he deny this wish. The only thing he wanted was to make her happy.

She was the one to push him towards the wall though and gently so with a hand on his chest, their bodies never separated. It would have been impossible to move apart. Both of Natsu's hands were at the small of Lucy's back, holding her tight and Lucy still had her hand in his hair and she seemed to have no intention of letting go.

Lucy's lips slowly moved up Natsu's jaw until she found the corner of his lips. He wanted so very much to kiss her but he knew it would only cause him pain.

Lucy kissed the side of his mouth until his back met the cold tiles of the shower area. He hardly even cared. He'd rather have his back against it than Lucy's, he wasn't as sensitive to cold as she was.

Natsu parted his lips and reached out to trace his tongue against her lips. She hovered just above his lips not pushing into him as they'd done so many times before. Natsu loved the feel of her lips against his tongue. She still tasted of strawberries and vanilla. Then her tongue came to meet his and Natsu couldn't help himself but gasp. In the heat surrounding them it felt so exquisite, so warm and slippery with saliva. He loved it. He wanted more of it. But he knew that if he pushed his lips against her it would hurt. Lip wounds always hurt the most.

Lucy pushed herself against him in a way that made Natsu think of someone who'd been deprived of human contact for too long to bear any more. The way she moved her hips back and forth rubbed his hard member between the space of her thighs and her womanhood. With every time she pushed close to him he felt his member coated with her juices making her movements even easier. It was driving him crazy.

Slowly he moved one of his hands from the small over her back and drew it across her waist and up to the mound of her breast. She gasped against their dancing tongues when he squeezed and Natsu felt the sound of it push a wave of pleasure through him. Natsu deepened their kiss, ignoring the sting in his lower lip, enjoying the feel of her lips on the rest of his. Every part of her made him shiver with longing and restraint.

He teased at Lucy's nipple, earning more gasps when he pushed and massaged her. He wanted to badly to be inside her, to feel as much of her as he was allowed. She'd already asked for it once and he didn't want to tease her to go from this calm desperation to frenzied desperation. He wanted to hold her close and feel all of her. But how could he do that in this place. He would never lie her down on the floor where so many feet had been.

That was when Lucy stepped away and pulled him with her. He had only just time to turn off the scalding hot water before Lucy pulled him with her to the actual changing area. Wood surrounded them there along with a wooden bench that separated two rows of lockers.

Lucy let go of his hand and spread out a towel on the bench. Then she turned to him and slowly Natsu wrapped his arms around her middle again.

"The doors are locked. We're all alone." Lucy said before she leaned in again and kissed his neck, sucked on his skin. Natsu simply shivered in anticipation. "Please, Natsu, I want you. Make love to me." Slowly the two of them moved towards the bench. Lucy pulled just a tiny bit at his waist but he didn't really need the encouragement. They moved steadily to their destination. The head of his member bumped against Lucy, interrupting his breathing and making it ragged with anticipation. Their eyes were connected the entire time they moved. Lucy's brown eyes were burning with such desire that Natsu hardly could control himself. Lucy had once told him that he looked like that in a fight. He looked full of passion, like he would devour her if only she'd let him or if only she'd push him over the line.

At the bench Lucy slowly sat and leaned back and spread her legs wide for him. Her so open acceptance of him was enough to make him moan and smile at his luck to have Lucy. He could have moved to her womanhood and licked her for a while but he didn't want to leave their eye contact. He just wanted to keep looking at her, watch her pant though her slightly parted lips, feel her chest brush his with every breath she took.

Natsu moved a hand along Lucy's thigh feeling her soft skin and moved his body to hover over her, elbows at either side of her head. He leaned in and brushed his lips against hers, closing his eyes just as they touched. The softness of her full lips made him smile and almost to his surprise Lucy smiled too and positioned herself to give him the best angle for entrance. He felt his tip slip into her folds and he gasped. She was so warm, wet and inviting. Her hand trailed along his spine and her eyes were closed, anticipating him, welcoming him with complete trust.

When he finally moved inside, Lucy sighed contentedly and seemed to relax completely. Natsu shuddered and moaned softly. She was so very wet and felt to very good. It was like discovering his favourite thing all over again and he nearly didn't want to move again.

Lucy wrapped her legs around his hips and locked them tight. By the way she held him Natsu understood that she had no intention to let him go, no intention of letting him move away from her. She wanted him close.

Natsu trailed his lips down Lucy's neck kissing softly. His lips were too sore for him to give her a new hickey although he very much wanted to. One of Lucy's hands wrapped itself into his hair and held him tight there. Then he started to move. Lucy moaned breathily and pushed him closer to her. With her holding him so close there was only so fast he could move and that wasn't particularly fast at all. But it felt good, every second of it and he was probably breathing way too fast for moving so slow.

Lucy breathed into his ear and that too made him shiver. His ear was sensitive. Lucy licked it and Natsu shuddered all the way to his groin. His member twitched inside Lucy making her gasp. Then she licked his ear again and bit on the earlobe. Natsu moaned and moved a tiny bit faster. He had never thought this slow pace could do such miracles. Even Lucy panted as she, oh goodness, took his earlobe into her sweet hot mouth and sucked on it.

"Oh, Lucy." Natsu couldn't help it. He couldn't stop it. He dug his hands under her and pulled her up so she sat on his hip. Lucy moaned and didn't wait to move against him, to grind her hips into him. Natsu groaned and kissed her skin, her chest right in front of him. She held onto him so hard that every breath pushed her cleavage into his face. Natsu saw beads of sweat glistening on her skin and he traced his tongue around her nipple and licked it slowly, carefully. He tasted her and every other part of skin her could find while Lucy ground her hips against him slowly but surely bringing herself over the edge.

Oh, when her inner walls clenched around his member he moaned and moved his hips instead of her. Lucy moaned when he moved and gripped Natsu's back with her fingernails. It made Natsu gasp and grind his hips harder. He loved to feel her come around him.

Natsu gave her a moments rest while he laid her down on the bench again. She looked up and met his eyes. She panted and her eyes were shimmering again so full of love, so beautiful.

Natsu put his forehead to hers and held her gaze for a moment. She was so beautiful.

When he came it wasn't the raging storm he'd felt so many times before, that overwhelming explosion of release that had him moaning blindly. This time it was gentle, a sweet climax that made him shiver and hold Lucy close to him. His lips roamed to her ear and he whispered her name over and over. Lucy's hands were in his hair holding him close too. She shivered with him, she accepted his orgasm, she held him close when he relaxed.

They had never made love before. They had always been full of passion and that was all that had mattered. It was as if their relationship had suddenly taken a big leap forward. There was a new dimension to it and Natsu loved it. He pulled Lucy to sit on his hips again and they held each other for a moment, breathing hard and slowly coming down from their high.

It was almost painful to let go of Lucy when he finally was so flaccid that he slipped out of her. Lucy pushed away from him and bunched up the towel to place between her legs. Only then did she look up and met his eye. It took a moment before she smiled but when she did it was as if her entire face lit up like a star. Her eyes were still shimmering.

Tenderly Natsu but his hand to the side of her cheek and softly kissed her lips. The way she breathed in told Natsu that she dearly wished to push her lips harder against his but she didn't. He kissed her even more tenderly for it.

Slowly, very slowly they moved apart and started to dress. Natsu couldn't help but every now and then look over at Lucy when she pulled fresh panties over her hips and when she settled a shirt from before over her waist and chest all with her back to him. Her hair had dried and was tangled. She didn't particularly look like she'd thoroughly screwed, rather she looked like she'd been swimming in a pool for a few hours. She looked beautiful. It distracted him so much that, by the time Lucy was done getting dressed he was only in his underwear. She had even put her hair in a bun. She laughed when she looked him up and down.

"Do you need help?" She asked in a rather small voice and pulled her bun unto place. Quickly Natsu looked down at himself just to make sure that he didn't have a boner again. He didn't but still blushed when Lucy walked over to him, put her hand on his chest and kissed his neck. "Come on. We have a party to go to." She said. Only then did Natsu realize that Lucy was dressed in a red backless top, with it she wore black shorts and flat black shoes.

Natsu looked at the pile of clothes he was supposed to be wearing. It was a black shirt and grey pants, one of his nicer outfits.

One of Lucy's delicate hands picked up the shirt. She was pale compared to it. She smoothed out the collar and held out the shirt for him. Without a word he slipped into it and Lucy smoothly guided it up his arms and over his shoulders. Natsu turned to her and she did the buttons and he stepped into his pants. On his own this time. Then Lucy brought his scarf to him and ceremoniously draped it over his shoulders and around his neck. Natsu sighed contentedly when she soft fabric settled against his cheeks. Lucy smiled at him then held out her hand for him to take. He didn't realize that she'd already packed his towel, water and fighting gear and pants. She shouldered the pack and hand in hand they left the changing room. Natsu was happy. There was little that could make the day even better.

After a small detour to Lucy's apartment to drop off the bag, Natsu and Lucy made their way to Gray's. Lisanna and Lyon were nowhere to be seen in the apartment so Natsu assumed that they were already at the party. It was unusual for Gray to host a party on a Saturday but he assumed it was for his sake; Gray had done the same for Erza. In an undertone Natsu had also head Gray say that Lucy and Erza would both have killed him if he had refused. It warmed his head that Gray had organized it for him. He'd only glared at him for a day after all and then pointed at him and yelled that he'd better win. He'd probably added some sort of insult that he hadn't really heard because of an insult of his own.

To his surprise the party already seemed to have gone on for quite some time. He could tell by the loudness of the shouts over the music. Although it only was 10 in the evening the party sounded more like it was 3 in the morning. How much wilder would the party become if things escalated the way it usually did?

Erza stood on the doorstep with a large grin on her lips. She had exchanged her grey blouse and blue skirt for a long red dress with a slit up her left leg and a deep V-necked cleavage. Jellal stood next to her with an arm around her waist and Natsu saw him steal glances at Erza's cleavage repeatedly.

When Erza brightened Natsu assumed that she had just seen and recognised them and she stuck her head into the crack of the front door. Seconds later all of his friends stepped out on the landing. Gray with his arm around Juvia's shoulders. (A gesture he'd never done in public before. It made Natsu smile.) Lisanna arm in arm with Lyon, Levy holding hands with Gajeel. He was the only one who wasn't smiling although Natsu, as he stepped closer saw the corners of his mouth tug upwards. Behind them came Aries arm in arm with Loke. He planted a kiss on the side of her face and she giggled and blushed. Gray turned to them and said something and they laughed.

To Natsu's astonishment, behind all of his friends came Mira-Jane, Lucy's teacher and Lisanna's sister, Cana, Lucy's friend, Laxus, Juvia's teacher and last but definitely not least, Gildarts himself.

Natsu nearly started to cry at the sight of all these people who'd come to greet him and to congratulate him. Lucy tugged at his arm. He hadn't even realized that he'd stopped.

"You haven't seen the best part yet." Lucy said with glistening eyes and tears brimming in them. She smiled so widely her cheeks seemed to be stuck that way. How could there be something better?

But there was.

The crowd of his friends and role-models parted and let a short white haired man step forward. He wore a funny hat and a long staff that made him look like a wizard. Only Natsu knew who this was. This was Principal Makarov Dreyar, Master fencer and boxing back in his day. He'd been a heavy weight back then too.

The short man held out his hand and staff as if he wanted to embrace the whole world.

"Welcome Natsu! Master MMA fighter." He said in a booming voice and a huge grin. Natsu shivered and Lucy squeezed his hand. Never had something felt so official. He'd had done it. He had really done it.

A huge grin spread out over his Natsu's face as he felt a tear skim over his chest. He'd done it.

"BEST! DAY! EVER!" Natsu roared and thrust his fists in the air.

With a smile at Lucy he squeezed her hand and the two of them ran to greet and hug their friends. Even Mira-Jane and Laxus hugged and congratulated him. Natsu practically lifted Principle Makarov off the ground and swung him about. He didn't even complain but laughed. Afterwards though he clonked him on the head with his staff. Not even the pain damped Natsu's mood in the slightest.

In the history of parties at Gray's this one was by far the loudest and the wildest. Random people hooked up and hardly bothered getting a room. Even Laxus and Mira-Jane were seen "sneaking" upstairs. In reality they couldn't stop pushing each other against the wall every few steps and showing their tongues down each other's throats. It took a collective shout from Gray, Elfman, Evergreen and a few others of "Get a room already!" for them to finally move out of sight. Fiore academy of Sports was never the same for it, he was almost sad that he'd be leaving soon. Now that he was a master though he could technically apply for a job as a teacher. Either that or challenge every fighter he found… The second sounded much more fun. Erza had already challenged him. That was his first goal. It was going to be glorious to properly fight her.

Late at night when Natsu was properly drunk he danced with Lucy on a table kissing her neck with his hands around her middle. The music droned in his ears and the beat pumped with his heartbeat and the sway of their hips. Natsu loved the sway of her hips against him, it made him shiver.

Around them their friends danced too. Gray and Juvia stood in a corner tightly entwined and moving slowly without caring for the music much. Smiles were on everyone faces and every now and then a burst of laughter filled Natsu's ears. He was a beautiful sound. There was nothing better in the world.

Just one more thing he wanted to say.

"I love you." He whispered in Lucy's ear. She turned to him with a wide smile.

"I love you too, Master Dragneel." Natsu shivered and let out a breathy moan. The reaction surprised him.

"Don't say that." He gasped and looked around hoping that no one had heard. Of course, the music was too loud for words to travel far.

"Why, you seem to like it." Lucy said and bit her lips. The corners of her lips turned up. Natsu shivered and leaned in to kiss her.

"Very much." He whispered against her lips. She kissed him drawing her tongue over her lower lips making him shiver again.

"Wanna go somewhere private?" She asked and Natsu saw her eyes shimmering again. Natsu's breath hitched and his crotch jolted. 'Desperately' he wanted to say and kissed her again.

"You're gonna kill me one day, Lucy." He said and pulled her upstairs.